Cambridge United back Rainbow Laces campaign

Various members of the Football League supporting the Rainbow Laces campaign. Picture: Andy Fallon

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Football, and sport in general, is for all members of our society.

Or at least it should be.

However, you just have to see some of the reaction on social media to Swansea City’s announcement that they were allowing supporters to use gender-neutral prefixes on tickets to realise that there is still a long way to go in football generally.

Cambridge United have made strides to make their games as inclusive as possible in recent weeks, launching a survey to get more women to attend matches, while you will notice there is an Amber and Proud – the U’s LGBT fan group – flag on the South Stand.

And the club’s continued support will be on show today when the corner flags at the Cambs Glass Stadium will change from Amber and Black to a rainbow, while the referee will also be wearing rainbow laces.

It is all in support of Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign, which is designed to get football fans and players, from the Premier League to grassroots, to show support for LGBT sportspeople.

All 92 clubs in the top four division in English football will take part this weekend.